Jamaican-American, b. 1963
Nari Ward, born in St. Andrew, Jamaica, received a B.A. from City University of New York, Hunter College in 1989, and an M.F.A. from City University of New York, Brooklyn College in 1992. Recent solo exhibitions of his work have been organized at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan, Italy (2022); Vilcek Foundation, New York, NY (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (2020); Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (2019); New Museum, New York, NY (2019); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2017); Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY (2017); The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (2016); and Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL (2015), among others.
Ward’s work is in numerous international public and private collections, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; National Gallery of Victoria, Southbank, Australia; Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, among numerous others.
Ward lives and works in New York.
Ward’s work is in numerous international public and private collections, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; National Gallery of Victoria, Southbank, Australia; Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, among numerous others.
Ward lives and works in New York.
